732 LAWS OF MARYLAND. [CH. 304

CHAPTER 303

(Senate Bill 487)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
50 of Article 63 of the Annotated Code of Maryland
(1939 Edition), title "Mechanics' Lien", sub-title
"Hospitals. "

SECTION 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Maryland,
That Section 50 of Article 63 of the Annotated Code of
Maryland (1939 Edition), title "Mechanics' Lien", sub-
title "Hospitals", be and the same is hereby repealed and
re-enacted, with amendments, to read as follows:

50. The Clerk of the proper court shall at the expense
of the County or City, as the case may be, provide a suit-
able well-bound book, to be called the Hospital Lien Docket,
in which, upon the filing of any lien claim under the pro-
visions of this Act, he shall enter the name of the injured
person, the name of the person, firm or corporation alleged
to be liable for the injuries, the date of the accident, and
the name of the hospital or other institution making the
claim. Said Clerk shall make a proper index of the same
in the name of the injured person.

On presentation of a release of any lien, the Clerk of the
proper Court in which said lien is filed and recorded, shall
note in the record the date when such release was filed
and he shall note on the release the fact that it has been
so recorded. A release so noted, and the record in the
Office of the Clerk, shall either of them be prima facie
evidence of the release of the lien.

The Clerk of the Court shall be entitled to collect not
more than Two Dollars ($2. 00) for the filing, recording
and indexing of each lien, and not more than Two Dollars
($2. 00) for the filing of the release of any lien and noting
on the record and on the release the fact that the release
has been so filed.

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That this Act shall
take effect June 1, 1949.

Approved April 22, 1949.

CHAPTER 304

(Senate Bill 489)

AN ACT to repeal and re-enact, with amendments, Section
53A of Article 17 of the Annotated Code of Maryland